Tag: #FestivalofLeaves

CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves – Week 2 [10.09.2026].

CWWC
Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Deb’s Which Way Challenge

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge (previously hosted by Cee Neuner). This week our theme is Part Two (2) of the Which Way Challenge CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves [10.09.2026]. Your Which Ways can be Outdoors, Paved or Unpaved, Dirt Trails or any natural surface as long as they are in the displaying Autumn Leaves 🍂.

Mine are from November 2023 whilst Coleman and I hiked the Lake Haigler Loop Trail at Anne Springs Close Greenway. The leaves in our area still are not displaying their Autumn colours. Feel free to link to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves or other appropriate links. 

Here are my entries …

#CWWC
Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Deb’s Which Way Challenge 2026

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Thank you to those who have participated and supported the Which Ways Challenge. I appreciate y’all sharing your Which Ways with us. 

For an idea of other’s Which Ways from this past week’s challenge, be sure to click on the following links below.

Brian’s The path through the rainforest

PR’s Look..Sheep!

Suzette’s For Deb’s CWWC Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves

Dawn’s Highland Cows and the Highway in Autumn

Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery’s With Autumn Leaves

Marilyn and Garry Armstrong’s Drift By My Window

CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Autumn Leaves [10.02.2026]

Also linking with …

Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2026 Week #2.

Pepper’s One Step At a Time #29

Photo Credit: Copyright ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved. 

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i; Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: Lake Haigler Loop Trail; Lake Haigler Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

God Bless. Happy Adventures. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

**Note: Next Week’s Theme will be CWWC 2026: Any Which Way with Paved Roads, Pathways or Sidewalks [10.16.2026] **

Macro Monday – 2026 October 05

Coleus scutellarioides

The Coleus plants pictured here are located near the Turkey enclosure in The Farm at The Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, North Carolina. It is a tropical perennial grown for its brightly coloured, velvety leaves which come in various shades of red, pink, yellow, green, and deep burgundy.

Coleus scutellarioides
Coleus scutellarioides

The Coleus plant is linked with the mint family (Lamiaceae). They are primarily cultivated for their incredibly diverse and colorful foliage instead of their flowers. Besides the colours listed above you may occasionally find them in black. Their intricate design patterns and margins on their leaves make them quite attractive and intriguing to observe.

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Macro Monday (MM)

Festival of Leaves 2026

Monochrome Monday

Also posting in remembrance of …

Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Cee’s FOTD

Photo Credit:©️2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved 

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 

Location: The Garden; The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA 

God Bless. Have a pleasant and funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2023 Festival of Leaves Challenge: Week Three —Autumn Foliage

Leaves are often seen along hiking trails. Sometimes we notice the beautiful Autumn foliage in their full glory upon their tress and at other times we notice leaves of various shades upon the ground or in the nearby water.

The first two photos were seen in and around the creek at The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s nature trail. This is a place Coleman loves to visit at least twice per week. The only problem (depends on perspective) is keeping him out of the water.

The last two photos were captured as we were hiking along the Green Trail on the grounds of the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA. These beautiful Autumn 🍂 leaves were located on the banks of the Robinwood Lake. The sunlight seemed to enhance their colourful loveliness.

Festival of Leaves Challenge 2023

Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i

Lenses:

  • 1-2) Canon EF-S55-250mm;
  • 3-4) Canon EF 75-300mm

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.